{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-89-002","title":"Arkla Energy Resources — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1989-03-11","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-89-002 response to Arkla Energy Resources concerning 192.229.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-89-002.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-89-002.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-89-002","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1989/PI89002.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nMr. Paul G. Espinosa\nDOT Compliance & Pipeline Safety\nArkla Energy Resources\nP.O. Box 21734\nShreveport, Louisiana 71151\nDear Mr. Espinosa:\nWe have considered your letter of May 8, 1989, in which you request permission to requalify\nwelders under §192.229(c) by using a twice-a-year schedule instead of the 6-month interval the\nrule prescribes.\nIt is our policy not to grant a request for waiver of a gas pipeline safety standard unless the\nrequest is for a special situation, one that does not exist among gas pipelines in general. Because\nyour proposed schedule would maximize the usefulness of, and add flexibility to, the welder\nqualification period, it would benefit all gas operators that are subject to §192.229(c). We,\ntherefore, are treating your letter as a request to change §192.229(c) rather than as a request to\nwaive the requirements of §192.229(c) in a special situation.\nAs such, the merits of your request will be considered in the review phase of a rulemaking\nproceeding we have scheduled to equalize the gas and hazardous liquid pipeline welding rules.\nAny change we propose to adopt for §192.229(c) will be announced in a notice of proposed\nrulemaking for this proceeding, which we plan to publish next year.\nSincerely,\n/signed/\nRichard L. Beam\nDirector\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\nDB\nC:\\WP51\\INTERPRT\\192\\229\\89-03-11\n1","truncated":false,"body_characters":1351}